DESERVE 應得
Be APPROPRIATE:fitting to RECEIVE a certain PROFIT, DAMAGE:harm, REWARD, OR PUNISHMENT.
Old Chinese Criteria
Modern Chinese Criteria
Hyponym
- RIGHT What one DESERVES AND CAN DEMAND BECAUSE of LAW OR JUSTICE. (anc: 7/0, child: 1)
See also
- SHOULDBe APPROPRIATE for a HUMAN to ACT:do something DEFINITE.
Hypernym
- APPROPRIATE EXCELLENT in a DEFINED SITUATION OR FOR a DEFINED NEED. (anc: 5/0, child: 8)
- EXCELLENT FEATURE BECAUSE of which SOMETHING OR SOMEONE IS OR SHOULD BE PREFERRED to OTHERS (anc: 4/0, child: 11)
- FEATURE ABSTRACT OBJECT a THING is SAID to BE OR to HAVE. (anc: 3/0, child: 19)
DESERVE
merere refers to a person deserving something, and the word is always transitive.
mereri is an intransitive verb meaning "to be deserving" and is constructed with adverbs, ut erat meritus.
LOHN, VERDIENST
Words (5 items)
堪 kān OC: khluum MC: khəm 10 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)deserve the contextually determinate treatment
- vt+V[0]deserve to V
- vt+V[0]V=passivedeserves to be V-ed
- vtoNbe up to (praise), deserve, accept ???
足 zú OC: tsoɡ MC: tsi̯ok 9 Attributions
- Word relations
- Contrast: 可/SHOULD
Kě 可 precedes passivised verbs and expresses the idea that some object should be VERBed. See MUST
- Syntactic words
- vt+V[0]V[0]=passivedeserve to be V-ed, merit V-ing
可 kě OC: khlaalʔ MC: khɑ 8 Attributions
- Syntactic words
- vt+V[0]V=passivedeserve to be V-ed; merit V-ing
當 dāng OC: taaŋ MC: tɑŋ 8 Attributions
The one word that comes consistently close to the meaning of deserve is dāng 當.
- Syntactic words
- vt(oN)merit the contextually determinate (favorable) treatment NCH
- vt+V[0]deserve to (be rewarded or be punished)
- vtoNdeserve, meritCH
應 yīng OC: qɯŋ MC: ʔɨŋ 1 Attribution
- Syntactic words
- vt+V[0]deserve to V